We went to Panama in May 2022 on a group trip organised by Naturetrek, with the focus on mammals. We stayed for a week at the Canopy Tower, which is a converted radar tower originally built by the United States military during the Cuban missile crisis to help defend the Panama Canal. We completed the trip with a 4 night stay at Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Anton. The rest of the group left after 2 nights at Canopy Lodge when the official tour ended but we had booked an extension.
We extended a trip to Brazil with a visit to the amazing Iguazu Falls, crossing to the Argentinian side. We explored Iguazu National Park and visited Uragui Provinvial Park in N.E. Argentina.
We used an Ecuadorian company, Neblina Forest, to visit Brazil in September 2013, focusing on the Pantanal region but also visiting Caraca National Park in Minas Gerais. Xavier Munoz, one of the owners of the travel company, was our expert guide.
We were part of a group of 12 that went to Cuba in late January 2014 on a bird and butterfly trip organised and led by Josele Saiz who founded the Boletas Birdwatching Centre based in the Spanish Pyrenees.
This exclusive, three week trip in October/November 2017 was arranged for us by Richard Parsons of Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge in Ecuador. Our guide for the entire trip was Gustavo Canas.
This trip was organised by the Scotland-based company “Island Holidays” which is run by Libby Weir-Breen who accompanied us on the trip.
We went to Costa Rica in April 2019, joining the first trip to this destination organised by Steve and Sarah Sankey of “Orcadian Wildlife”